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Fitness & Exercise -- Information & Resources
The Fitness section of NutrActive provides you with a wealth of resources designed to help you get in shape and maintain a physically active lifestyle. Proper education will help you maintain fitness long term. Check back periodically for new helpful fitness tools and valuable information all geared to help you successfully get moving!
ACE: Get Fit: Workouts
Get expert fitness advice from the American Council on Exercise with these free sample workout programs. Each program includes a warm-up, full workout and cool-down in addition to step-by-step exercise demonstrations and guidance on frequency and intensity levels.
http://www.acefitness.org/workouts/default.aspx
www. Fitness .gov
is the health, physical activity, fitness and sports information Web site of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. You can find out about the Council and its work, view our publications, and link to the resources of other government agencies as well as to health and fitness organizations.
To find out how you can start a physical activity program today and stay active and fit for life while earning Presidential awards, visit our free, interactive physical activity and fitness Web site at www.presidentschallenge.org.
http://www.fitness.gov/
NSCA Video Library Presented by Dartfish
Using Dartfish® Video Analysis Software, the National Strength and Conditioning Association will feature a new training tip each month. This state of the art software enables coaches, trainers, and teams to capture a lift, movement, or an entire game and receive instant feedback, from an integrated video clip.
http://www.nsca-lift.org/videos/displayvideos.asp
American Running Association
Goal: To mobilize all Americans to use physical activity as a catalyst to deter and defeat youth obesity.
The site provides runners with information related to training, nutrition, sports medicine, and fitness. Motivational programs help encourage people to begin and maintain an active, healthy lifestyle. Support for runners is provided by advice, motivational and educational programs, and referrals to sports-oriented professionals. Visit:
http://www.americanrunning.org/
leViv --28-days of Healthy Meals Delivered--
Eating Healthy -- Eating healthy can sometimes be hard with busy lifestyles. With leViv's meal delivery program, eating healthy is easy. leViv's approach is unique in that its focus is on health, not on just losing weight. Weight loss will likely occur as you progress through the program, but this is an added benefit instead of the only goal. The idea is to incorporate changes that will last for the rest of your life, not just for the lifetime of a diet. The meals provide and encourage healthy eating habits.
leViv provides you with two meals and two snacks per day for 28 days (what others consider 3 meals per day!). It's up to you to make one healthy meal for yourself every day. The goal is to teach you how to eat healthfully without meal support. leViv's team of acclaimed chefs and health care professionals focused on taste, quality, clean ingredients, caloric intelligence, balanced nutrition, fiber, antioxidant rich foods, phytochemicals, essential vitamins and more. They help teach you how and when to build a healthy meal, make great choices at the supermarket and in restaurants, and help you out in the kitchen with easy meal ideas and recipes. Visit the lifestyle section to get more useful news and information.
* leViv site includes valuable artcles, healthy resources and other useful information -- Visit leViv's Fitness section for more on articles and advice geared towards exercise and fitness.
Global Health & Fitness: Muscle Map & Explanation
Below is a link to receive a detailed explanation on each muscle group, its exact location, functions and common activities that the muscle is used for, including the best strength training exercises for that muscle. You'll not only find instructions for these weight training exercises, but a video demonstration as well! Check it out at:
http://www.global-fitness.com/strength/s_musclemap.php
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
The Federal Government has issued its first-ever Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. They describe the types and amounts of physical activity that offer substantial health benefits to Americans.
http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is one of the largest, non-profit, volunteer, sports organizations in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. If you are interested in sports participation, the AAU is the place to start.
http://aausports.org/
Female Athlete Triad Coalition
The Female Athlete Triad Coalition, a non-profit organization, represents key medical, nursing, athletic, and sports medicine groups, as well as concerned individuals who come together to promote optimal health and well-being for female athletes and active girls and women. It is a group of national and international organizations dedicated to addressing unhealthy eating behaviors, hormonal irregularities, and bone health among female athletes and active women.
http://www.femaleathletetriad.org/
Fat Calculator
Fat is an important and necessary nutrient for the body. You need a moderate amount of fat for good health. It is the type and amount of fat that is important to pay attention to. Here is a link to an online tool to help you understand your personal daily fat limit. After all, the more you know the better decisions you'll make.
http://www.global-fitness.com/fatcalc.php
American Volkssport Association
Volkssporting simply defined, is a peronal fitness sports and recreation program offering noncompetitive walks, hikes, bike rides, swims, and in some regions cross-country skiing and roller or ice skating. Promoting well being and good health by providing safe exercise in a stress-free environment is the hallmark of volkssporting. Walking – also called “volkswalking” – is the most popular of all the volkssporting activities. Details at:
http://www.ava.org/
Aerobics - Defined
Most people don’t realize that Dr. Kenneth Cooper coined the word aerobics. The verb “aerobic” existed meaning to live in air or with oxygen. Dr. Cooper added one letter—an s—and in an instant created the noun “aerobics.” Read more at:
http://www.cooperaerobics.com/Health-Tools/Aerobics.aspx
Youth Football: Heat Stress and Injury Risk
Most people don’t realize that Dr. Kenneth Cooper coined the word aerobics. The verb “aerobic” existed meaning to live in air or with oxygen. Dr. Cooper added one letter—an s—and in an instant created the noun “aerobics.” Read more at:
http://www.acsm.org/YouthFootballposter1.pdf
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